Fungus in wood

[John Russell]

I nearly ran over this fungus when I was mowing the path through the wood on Sunday. Identity? Is it associated with any plant in particular? Edible?

 

It was about 200mm in diameter and weighed -- I guess -- about 300gm. Sorry about quality -- mobile 'phone pic.

 

Best wishes,

 

John Russell

[David Humphries]

Big 'shroom

 

Too difficult to answer all the questions based on that one shot John.

 

It appears to have pores rather than gills.

So I would offer up one of the Bolete species as a guess.

Many of these are edible, but an exact Id is required to be sure.

 

It will have mycorrhizal association with it's host tree species.

 

Can you recall what was around it other than the trees in the shot ?

 

Birch, Oak, Hornbeam, others ???

 

 

 

 

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[John Russell]

Big 'shroom

 

Too difficult to answer all the questions based on that one shot John.

 

It appears to have pores rather than gills.

So I would offer up one of the Bolete species as a guess.

Many of these are edible, but an exact Id is required to be sure.

 

It will have mycorrhizal association with it's host tree species.

 

Can you recall what was around it other than the trees in the shot ?

 

Birch, Oak, Hornbeam, others ???

 

 

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Here's another pic, David.

 

It was alongside an old hedgebank with a wide range of species in it, but mainly oak, hazel, gorse, willow. It looked like something had been gnawing at the stem as there were large concave depressions in it. Was quite firm and solid so I guess it had been there for a few days.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

shame the stipes been eaten by slugs, hard to tell due to this

[Fungus]

Bolete species ... Many of these are edible ...

 

... some of them are extremely bitter or lethally poisonous.